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LessWire

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From: Bavaria

Registered: 2010-06-14

Posts: 46

[solved]Upgrade to coreutils 8.18-1/util-linux 2.22-1 password problem

Hello,

before this upgrade this worked without being asked for a password:

/bin/su mm -l -c '/bin/bash --login -c startx'

After upgrading to coreutils 8.18-1 / util-linux 2.22-1 from testing 'su' asks for the password for user "mm". Is it a bug or what should be changed to keep it working in my scripts ?

Thanks in advance.

Last edited by LessWire (2012-09-05 02:23:42)

brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

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Re: [solved]Upgrade to coreutils 8.18-1/util-linux 2.22-1 password problem

Check the change to PAM files.

You probably want to un-comment the two "pam_wheel" lines.

falconindy

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From: New York, USA

Registered: 2009-10-22

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Re: [solved]Upgrade to coreutils 8.18-1/util-linux 2.22-1 password problem

util-linux 2.22 doesn't include /etc/pam.d/su. It's a packaging bug.

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/31412

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LessWire

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From: Bavaria

Registered: 2010-06-14

Posts: 46

Re: [solved]Upgrade to coreutils 8.18-1/util-linux 2.22-1 password problem

Ok, i will wait for next package - thanks !